Week 2

Question 1

father of Ethiopian music

Answer 1

St. Yared and Ge’ez liturgy

Question 2

Ethiopian modal system has 5-note pentatonic variations called –

Answer 2

kinits

Question 3

T/F: Ethiopians known to shun azmaris and musicians

Answer 3

true

Question 4

Ethiopian griot-musician who accompanies him or herself on massinqo or krar while singing improvised verses in a response audience setting

Answer 4

Azmari

Question 5

T/F: Traditional and popular music are closely-linked

Answer 5

true

Question 6

the “Voice” of Oromo origin

Answer 6

Tilahun Gessese

Question 7

1948 Ethiopian edict declared that music could only be recorded by a government agency – risked imprisonment to record

Answer 7

Amha

Question 8

First Ethiopian single by –

Answer 8

Elemayehu Eshete (James Brown of Ethiopia)

Question 9

top Ethiopian arranger

Answer 9

Girma Beyene

Question 10

– 1st lady of the Krar (actress)

Answer 10

Asnaketch Worku

Question 11

– first African graduate from Berklee College of Music

Answer 11

Mulatu Astatke

Question 12

– coup àartists fled (diaspora)

Answer 12

The Derg

Question 13

– wax and gold method = hide meaning in songs (social entendre lyrics)

Answer 13

Semina Werq

Question 14

– brought Ethiopian culture to the masses

Answer 14

Bob Marley/Reggae peak

Question 15

– of select Ethiopian records = bridge to younger culture through hip hop; Nas and Damian Marley, Common, Dreamer

Answer 15

Sampling

Question 16

factors of musical change in West Africa: trade and migration, trans-Atlantic slaver, Islam and Christianity, – urbanization, growth of mass media

Answer 16

colonialism

Question 17

Ghana: – rhythmic, clave, drums, bells

Answer 17

South

Question 18

Ghana: – melodies, praise singers

Answer 18

Northern